1=undisturbed, 2=1 pass rear-tined rototiller set to till to a depth of 9 inches, 3=2 passes or number required to produce about 50% bare ground, 4=3 passes or number required to produce 100% bare ground.

8

Subplot number

Subplot number

9

Competition Treatment

Competition Treatment

AN=all neighbors, NN=no neighbors, RN=root neighbors only

10

Plant number

Plant number

dimensionless

11

Date seed or seedling is planted

Date seed or seedling is planted (YYMMDD)

12

Light reading above vegetation

Light reading above vegetation

dimensionless

13

Sampling date (YYMMDD)

Sampling date (YYMMDD)

14

Tiller number

Tiller number

dimensionless

15

Flowering tiller number

Flowering tiller number

dimensionless

16

Length of tiller #1 (mm)

Length of tiller #1 (mm)

millimeter

17

Length of tiller #2 (mm)

Length of tiller #2 (mm)

millimeter

18

Length of tiller #3 (mm)

Length of tiller #3 (mm)

millimeter

19

Length of tiller #4 (mm)

Length of tiller #4 (mm)

millimeter

20

Length of tiller #5 (mm)

Length of tiller #5 (mm)

millimeter

21

Health evaluation code

Health evaluation code

22

Mean length of the leaves (mm)

Mean length of the leaves (mm)

millimeter

23

Harvest date (YYMMDD)

Harvest date (YYMMDD)

24

Live biomass (g/plant)

Live biomass (g/plant)

gram

25

Dead biomass (g/plant)

Dead biomass (g/plant)

gram

26

Reproductive biomass (g/plant)

Reproductive biomass (g/plant)

gram

27

Total above ground biomass (g/plant)

Total above ground biomass (g/plant)

gram

28

Relative growth rate

Relative growth rate [R=(In(final total biomass/Intitial biomass)/growth period in days]

dimensionless

29

Neighbor live biomass (g/plant)

Neighbor live biomass (g/plant)

gram

30

Neighbor litter(dead) biomass (g/plant)

Neighbor litter(dead) biomass (g/plant)

gram

SAMPLE DATASET

Field number/letter

Experiment number

Plot number

Nitrogen Treatment

Ammonium Nitrate(34-0-0) addition(g/m2/yr)

Annual Nitrogen addition (g/m2/yr)

Soil Disturbance Treatment

Subplot number

Competition Treatment

Plant number

Date seed or seedling is planted

Light reading above vegetation

Sampling date (YYMMDD)

Tiller number

Flowering tiller number

Length of tiller #1 (mm)

Length of tiller #2 (mm)

Length of tiller #3 (mm)

Length of tiller #4 (mm)

Length of tiller #5 (mm)

Health evaluation code

Mean length of the leaves (mm)

Harvest date (YYMMDD)

Live biomass (g/plant)

Dead biomass (g/plant)

Reproductive biomass (g/plant)

Total above ground biomass (g/plant)

Relative growth rate

Neighbor live biomass (g/plant)

Neighbor litter(dead) biomass (g/plant)

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

1

AN

93

900514

0.034

900829

10

1

13

14

12

28

28

4

19

900906

0.32

0.23

0.2

0.75

0.0269

23.12

0

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

2

NN

107

900514

0.035

900829

26

2

16

14

21

18

27

4

19.2

900906

2.51

0.8

0.63

3.94

0.0411

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

3

RN

987

900514

0.032

900829

21

0

15

15

19

16

23

4

17.6

900906

1.16

0.13

1.29

0.0321

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

4

RN

692

900514

0.035

900829

33

8

27

28

26

22

31

4

26.8

900906

2.28

0.22

3.66

6.16

0.0451

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

5

AN

698

900514

0.032

900829

16

3

26

30

27

22

31

4

27.2

900906

1.03

0.62

0.78

2.43

0.0377

33.14

0

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

6

NN

703

900514

0.031

900829

13

0

6

15

16

12

14

4

12.6

900906

0.63

0.17

0.8

0.0284

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

7

RN

582

900514

0.02

900829

11

0

25

20

20

22

17

4

20.8

900906

0.98

0.36

1.34

0.0364

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

8

NN

701

900514

0.032

900829

36

12

18

32

35

22

21

4

25.6

900906

3.36

0.71

5.41

9.48

0.0496

B

52

2

7

50

17.0

4

9

AN

722

900514

0.03

900829

6

2

18

17

17

19

24

4

19

900906

0.17

0.31

0.39

0.87

0.0292

47.43

0

B

52

4

7

50

17.0

4

1

AN

742

900514

0.03

900829

12

4

14

21

15

15

12

4

15.4

900906

0.4

0.72

0.84

1.96

0.0363

33.92

0

B

52

4

7

50

17.0

4

2

NN

782

900514

0.03

900829

23

3

33

32

21

31

30

4

29.4

900906

2.42

0.3

1.2

3.92

0.0423

B

52

4

7

50

17.0

4

3

RN

777

900514

0.021

900829

17

0

9

18

15

10

5

4

11.4

900906

0.6

0.5

1.1

0.0346

Download dataset hve052Interactive Effects of Fertility and Distribution on Plant Community Diversity and Structure: Full aboveground harvest data